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ANTIQUE #SA1070753

17th Century Olive Wood Oyster Cabinet

£14,800    $20,274    €17,010
A rare Charles II Olive Wood Oyster Cabinet of lovely colour standing on well drawn tapering gun barrel legs and shaped ogee stretcher. Adorned with striking Oyster veneers laid in geometric patterns with contrasting feather banding to the borders. The Cabinet opens to reveal a beautiful fitted interior of golden colour centred around a fabulous door fitted with selected figured oysters surrounding a single oval piece to the centre. The eleven drawers to the interior all retaining there original gilt brass fish tail drop handles are bordered with a cross grain half round bead also in Olive, a typical feature of this early period. Behind the door are five more small drawers fitted with further original mercury Gilt handles, this time of different design having delightful hart shaped backplates and pear drops. The drawer linings are original throughout, they are made in oak and are wonderfully clean and untouched just as the day they were made. In fact quite remarkably all the brass mou...
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